Well, Boeing has failed twice with the KC-767, so maybe they have taken the hint! Of course, quite alot of the 777 is built outside the USA, so
Beoing's emotional "stars and stripes, built-in-the-USA" card may not be as strong this time around (not sure if it was that strong with the 767,
mind).

From what is being said in the airshow at Le Bourget (Paris) Boeing do indeed intend to put forward the 777 for the tanker bid, seems a bit odd to
suddenly jump out and say that though since there is still time before the bidding process for EADS/Northrop to modify their bid.
They could easily increase the A330 MRTT from a 200 to 300 variant and indeed a 340-500 body twin engine variant wouldnt be too hard to imagine, which
would be essentially the same size if not bigger than the KC-777.

The real question is whether this is just Boeing grasping at straws, if they need something the size of the A330 then that is what they need,
sometimes bigger isnt really better...

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